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BACKGROUND
This study aims to quantify associations between one's weight management goal and eating behaviors and physical activity among teenagers.
METHODS
Weighted logistic regressions were performed predicting healthy behaviors from weight goal separately for boys and girls while controlling for age, body mass index, socioeconomic indicators, school type, and region using data from the 2010 to...
Weight management strategies have two components: weight goals and behaviors to reach weight goals. In the literature, weight goals and weight-related behaviors have both been linked with body dissatisfaction separately, but have rarely been examined simultaneously. This paper examines the associations between different forms of body dissatisfaction and various weight-related behaviors and investigates...
Free living populations adopt practices designed to maintain or influence their weight. These practices include at least two components: a personal weight goal and use of a variety of behaviors to reach this personal weight goal. Personal weight goals can either concur (match) or not concur (mismatch) with recommendations that a health professional might stipulate for achieving a healthy weight status...
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